Coconut oil is a healthy saturated fat that imparts a subtitle taste of coconut to whatever you are cooking. It is one of the best sources of medium-chain fatty acids(MCFA's) which are smaller fat molecules that are easier for your system to digest and use for energy just like carbohydrates, but unlike carbs they won't spike your insulin levels. Most oils currently used in commercial cooking are long chain fatty acids(LCFA's) . These larger molecules are harder for your body to digest and therefore almost always stored in your body as fat. Most vegetable/seed oils are LCFA's (I.e. corn and canola oil). Coconut oil can also handle the high temperatures of cooking without breaking down into unhealthy substances like olive oil can. If you don't want any coconut taste or just don't like coconut, you can try another MCFA: macadamia nut oil.